Memorial stone The destruction of APC Kangaroo “Phyllis”

About this artwork.

The memorial stone on the corner Ubbo Emmiusstraat/Coehoornsingel commemorates the destruction of the building Coehoornsingel 51. This happened in the last months of the Second World War, during the fighting between the Allies and the Germans. The tracked APC Kangaroo “Phyllis” was hit on this spot after the crew, had dropped their passengers consisting of eleven heavily armed soldiers of the Essex Scottish Regiment, near the Hereplein. After that the APC had gone the wrong way, into the dangerous Coehoornsingel, where it was attacked by the enemy using a Panzerfaust (a heavy armour piercing RPG). The building on Coehoornsingel 51, in which Cloetingh's bookshop was located at the time, was also destroyed. The building was rebuilt in 1946 and the commemorative stone bricked in. The story goes that at that time a certificate was also placed in a lead tube behind the stone.

Facts & Figures.

• Design
  maker onbekend

• District
  Centrum

• Year of creation
  1946

• Art type
  Monument, Art in / on a building, Facing brick

• Material
  Natural stone

• Dimensions
  h 0,38 x b 0,48 m